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A crowd at the 2019 Newport Folk Festival in Rhode Island. The festival is a member of NIVA, an advocacy association of independent music venues and presenters.

America's Independent Music Venues Could Close Soon Due To Coronavirus

6:46pm June 09, 2020

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

A newly released survey of nearly 2,000 music venue owners and promoters say that they anticipate closing within the next few months unless they can secure some governmental assistance.

Author L.L. McKinney started the #PublishingPaidMe hashtag so authors could publicize racial disparities in book advances.

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#PublishingPaidMe: Authors Share Their Advances To Expose Racial Disparities

10:56am June 09, 2020

by Mary Louise Kelly

Author L.L. McKinney created the #PublishingPaidMe hashtag, where black and white authors are comparing their book advances. "You can now use this to fight for what you are worth," she says.

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American actor, producer and director Orson Welles speaks into a microphone during a broadcast of his CBS radio program 'First Person Singular' circa 1938.

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Theaters Return To An Old Art Form — The Radio Drama — With A Twist

5:00am June 09, 2020

by Jeff Lunden

Theaters closed due to the coronavirus pandemic are struggling to get work to the public. Some are doing plays for podcast, others are turning what would have been stage works into audio drama.

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Rigged: America, Russia, and One Hundred Years of Covert Electoral Interference, by David Shimer

In 'Rigged,' A Comprehensive Account Of Decades Of Election Interference

5:00am June 09, 2020

by Philip Ewing

Russia's attack on the 2016 election was novel in its scope and its methods, but the underlying principles were old, writes David Shimer in an important new history.

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'Cult Of Glory' Reveals The Dark History Of The Texas Rangers

1:23pm June 08, 2020

by Dave Davies

Author Doug Swanson chronicles centuries of abuse within the famed Texas law enforcement agency, including burning villages, hunting runaway slaves and murdering Mexicans and Mexican-Americans.

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Forrest Fenn, the millionaire who hid a treasure chest in the Rocky Mountains, says someone has finally found it. The riddle of the prize's location is in a poem from his book, The Thrill of the Chase.

Hidden Treasure Chest Filled With Gold And Gems Is Found In Rocky Mountains

12:21pm June 08, 2020

by Bill Chappell

"It was under a canopy of stars in the lush, forested vegetation of the Rocky Mountains and had not moved from the spot where I hid it more than 10 years ago," millionaire Forrest Fenn says.

Poet Elaine Kahn says the Poetry Field School had its origin in a tweet.

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Poetry Field School Offers Long-Distance Solace During A Pandemic

10:00am June 07, 2020

by Clare Schneider

Poet Elaine Kahn teaches video conference workshops for aspiring poets, as part of her Poetry Field School project. She says the pandemic and quarantine have had an impact on her students' writing.

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Baltimore Photography Teacher Celebrates Canceled Prom With Socially Distanced Portraits

8:01am June 07, 2020

by Emily Sullivan

The COVID-19 pandemic canceled prom for high school seniors around the country – including a high school in Baltimore, where one photographer decided to take prom portraits anyway.

Vatican Museums Reopen To Smaller Crowds Amid Pandemic

8:01am June 07, 2020

by Sylvia Poggioli

Imagine taking in the splendor of the Sistine Chapel without packs of tourists. That experience can be had now for those who set aside COVID-19 fears to visit the reopened Vatican Museums.

Michaela Coel plays Arabella in the HBO drama she created, I May Destroy You.

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'I May Destroy You' Is HBO's New Unforgettable, Unmissable Drama

5:00am June 07, 2020

by Linda Holmes

A new drama series showcases writer and actor Michaela Coel in the story of a woman whose life is upended by sexual assault.